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the ground. In stoppage-time Cisse made a great run down our right and crossed well but nobody was there to follow up.
At the break Marco Gabbiadini and Paul Bracewell did the draw and a load of kids performed some break-dancing, some better than others shall we say. There were no changes for us as the second-half began and it was fairly even for a long while. Cisse was booked ten minutes after the re-start for appealing after he seemed to have been nudged off the ball but then two minutes later a tremendous roar greeted the return of Kenwyne, who replaced Yorke. His presence seemed to give his team-mates as well as the fans a great boost and with fifteen minutes on the clock we gained a free- kick just on the edge of their box.
There was a very long palaver over the positioning of the wall and we had three players lined up to possibly take it before finally Richardson smashed it up and over the wall into the top-left corner. The whole place (almost) went completely apeshit. (It proved to be one of the best-loved goals ever at the Stadium of Light.) The match remained very competitive for the rest of the game, as my eyes repeatedly strayed to the clock, and we had some great chances with Cisse hitting the post and Kenwyne heading just wide. Barton’s introduction was greeted as you would expect and he was booed loudly every time he got the ball. They brought on their subs and Guittierez looked dangerous but though they continued to attack, we were looking fairly solid with
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